| Density not at fault No, density is not at fault. However, population density does determine whether or not a proper return on investment occurs. Of course, San Francisco does have a large population density, however, keep in mind that S. Korea's government has already spent 9 Billion dollars to "wire" the country (which is half the size of the state of Alabama). Now if our government decided to spend 9 Billion to wire San Francisco (or the local ILEC or any other investor for that matter), then San Francisco would have broadband to rival S. Korea (but I wouldn't want to own any of that companies stock and/or would be furious at our government if they were to do that since I don't live in San Francisco). Now also, San Francisco (though "packed") still doesn't even come close to 48,000,000 (approx. population of S. Korea) and for our government to spend the same amount of money per square mile as the S. Koreans, it would be over 200 Billion dollars. It's a simple concept, as people spread out, it takes more money to get the signal to them, and I believe everyone can agree we in the U.S. are quite a bit more spread out than those Koreans. |
